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‘Families vindicated by damning report’ - Sheehan

Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson Pat Sheehan has described the
outcome of the Hyponatraemia Inquiry as a vindication of the
families’ long campaign for truth and called for the swift implementation of
the recommendations.

The West Belfast MLA was speaking after a 14-year inquiry into
the deaths of five children in hospitals across the North found that four of
them were avoidable.

Pat Sheehan said:

“My thoughts are with the parents and families of those who
lost children due to Hyponatraemia-related deaths have had to wait 14
years for the inquiry to publish its findings.

“This has been a long and painful wait for the truth about
what happened to their loved ones – a wait they should not have had to endure
for so long.

“But today the Inquiry has delivered a damning
verdict, having found evidence of negligence, cover-up and shocking treatment
of grieving families.

“That is entirely unacceptable and lessons have to be
learned. A tragedy like this can never be allowed to happen again so we will be
pursuing the swift implementation of the inquiry’s recommendations.”